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Agnes Ann POLK

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Name Agnes Ann POLK Birth 28 Apr 1803 Loveliar, Ballysakerry Parish, County Mayo, Ireland Christening 1 May 1803 COI, Ballysakerry Parish, County Mayo, Ireland Gender Female _UID 9333C0F19FC14642894FCBC3757CD2D65E7B Death 7 Nov 1884 West Maitland, NSW, Australia Burial Gunnedah General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Person ID I9363 My Genealogy Last Modified 16 Jan 2022
Father Robert POLK, b. Abt 1775, Ballysakerry, Co. Mayo, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
Mother Jane COLLIS Family ID F2973 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 John HIGGINS, b. 1803 d. 13 Jan 1833, Ireland (Age 30 years)
Marriage 12 Feb 1828 Killala, Co. Mayo, Ireland Children 1. Robert George HIGGINS, b. 11 Jan 1828, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 1 Oct 1910, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
(Age 82 years)
Family ID F2974 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Aug 2017
Family 2 Thomas WILLS, b. 1769, Foxford, Co Mayo, Ireland d. 28 Jan 1837, Kilmoremoy, Co. Mayo, Ireland
(Age 68 years)
Marriage 12 Jun 1833 Kilmoremoy, Co. Mayo, Ireland Children 1. Thomas Polk WILLSALLEN, b. 8 Mar 1836, Foxford, Co Mayo, Ireland d. 8 Mar 1911, Woolhara, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
(Age 75 years)
Family ID F3017 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Aug 2017
Family 3 George ALLEN, b. 12 Aug 1806, Tobercurry, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 25 Dec 1866, Waverly, Australia
(Age 60 years)
Marriage 9 Jan 1839 Ardnaree, Co Mayo, Ireland Children 1. Agnes ALLEN, b. 1842, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 1910, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
(Age 68 years)
2. Anna Maria ALLEN, b. 10 Jun 1843, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 8 Sep 1888, Walgett, New South Wales. Australia
(Age 45 years)
3. Jane Rebecca ALLEN, b. 1844, Bathurst, Hill End, New South Wales, Australia d. 20 Apr 1920, Ryde, New South Wales. Australia
(Age 76 years)
4. Richard Duke ALLEN, b. 1846, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia d. 20 Jan 1903, Cuerindi Station, Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
(Age 57 years)
Family ID F2851 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Aug 2017
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Photos Immigration Details
Ancestry - Natalie Willsallen originally shared this on 08 Dec 2019Family Memorial Stone
Gunnedah General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
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Notes - Agnes Ann Polk married 3 times - 1) John Higgins; 2) Thomas Wills; 3) George Allen.
- 1839 Marriage to George Allen - On 9 January 1839 in the Parish of Kilmoremoy, County Mayo, Ireland, George ALLEN of Achonry and Agnes WILLS of Kilmore Moy were married according to the forms of the Church of Ireland. Witnesses: James Calquhon and Henry Allan
- 1840 - On George and Agnes' immigration papers for the immigrant ship 'Champion' (arrived Sydney, 5 October, 1840), Daniel A. Browne, Curate of Achonry and Lord Lieut of Co. Sligo certified to George's – baptism record, character, health, religion as 'Protestant', and that he could both read and write.
PASSENGER LIST PER 'CHAMPION' 1840:
-ALLEN George, 34, Farmer, Protestant, Reads & Writes, Native place Co. Mayo, Bounty £18;
-ALLEN Agnes, 33, Dressmaker, Protestant, Reads & Writes, Native place Co. Mayo, Bounty £18;
-ALLEN Robert, 12, Child, Protestant, Native place Co. Mayo, Bounty £10;
-ALLEN Thomas, 4, Child, Protestant, Native Place Co. Mayo, Bounty £5 [sum total £51]